Shovels & Rope - Pretty polly

^CPolly was ^Ggirl not ^Dyet six^Gteen I ^Cmet her by the ^Glake in the ^Dfall Our ^Clove un^Gfurled like a ^Dwarm, sick ^Gdream It's a ^Emshame I had to go and waste it ^Dall

^CWhen we were to^Ggether every^Dthing was al^Gright We ^Cshared every^Gthing we could ^Dshare ^CEasy like a ^Gfeather till that ^Dwarm winter ^Gnight When she ^Emhit me with that under my ^Dspell and I couldn't let her ^Ggo For the child that she would ^Ambear My arms were turning into ^Drope

I ^Ccouldn't ^Glet her ^Dgo I ^Ccouldn't ^Glet her ^Dstay I ^Cburied ^Gpretty ^DPolly in a ^Cpoor, pa^Gthetic ^Dgrave

Now ^Emshe lay, she ^Dlay, she ^Glay, she lay, ^Cshe lay ^Emlay ^D Ah, ^Emshe lay, she ^Dlay, she ^Glay, she lay, ^Cshe lay ^Emlay ^D

^CStranded in the ^GTivoli ^Dparking ^Glot No ^Cgas, no ^Gmoney, no ^Dlove ^CPromised to a ^Gpromise that I ^Dwouldn't get ^Gcaught But the ^Emdark sky handed me a ^Ddove and I couldn't let it ^Ggo All the beauty up a^Ambove I could never con^Dtrol I ^Ccouldn't ^Glet her ^Dgo

I ^Ccouldn't ^Glet her ^Dgo I ^Ccouldn't ^Glet her ^Dstay I ^Cplaced ^Gpretty ^DPolly in a ^Cpoor, pa^Gthetic ^Dgrave

And then ^Emshe lay, she ^Dlay, she ^Glay, she lay, ^Cshe lay ^Emlay ^D Ah, ^Emshe lay, she ^Dlay, she ^Glay, she lay, ^Cshe lay ^Glay ^{D Em G D Em}

I ^Ccouldn't ^Glet her ^Dgo I ^Ccouldn't ^Glet her ^Dstay I ^Cran ^Glike ^Dhell I ^Cran ^Ga-^Dway I ^Cran ^Glike ^Dhell From that ^Chell ^Gthat I ^Dmade From the ^Cmouth ^Gof ^Dbabes The ^Cmouth ^Gof the ^Dbabes ^CPoor ^Gpretty ^DPolly The ^Cwolf ^Gand the ^Dprey

And then ^Emshe lay, she ^Dlay, she ^Glay, she lay, ^Cshe lay ^Emlay ^D Ah, ^Emshe lay, she ^Dlay, she ^Glay, she lay, ^Cshe lay ^Emlay ^D Ah, ^Emshe lay, she ^Dlay, she ^Glay, she lay, ^Cshe lay ^EmShe lay, ^Dshe lay, ^Gshe lay, ^Cshe lay, she lay ^EmShe lay, ^Dshe lay, she ^Glay, she ^Clay, she lay, she ^Emlay